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I discovered the internet in
its infancy way back in 2001, fooled around with setting up a website -then
left the cyber world until 2013. I have always had conviction that you can make
good money writing online until recent development and the little experience I
gathered.I feel a little angry for
leaving the cyber space early considering the vast experience I have gained
over a mere one and a half years. I have decided to speak plainly so new
writers and seasoned ones can learn from my mistakes and small experience.From all indication, article contributors
made lots of money between 2005 and 2012 before the panda algorithm changed.
The webmasters made several hundreds to a few thousands of dollars monthly
especially from affiliate sales and advert networks.Making such earnings theses
day especially new writers would be difficult because of the following reasons.

Time Factor

It takes time to generate
traffic to your articles whatever platform you decide to use, new/small article
directories, and blogs struggle to get Google first page slots. If you want to
generate income as an online writer, you need traffic and first page ranking to
earn wages.You hear bloggers say you
should optimize your article via SEO techniques, social media links, and using
keywords. So how relevant are these techniques to writers today considering old
articles that have gathered hundreds of inbound/outbound links.The only strategy apart from
Search engine optimization techniques that night work for new articles is
finding an obscure or unique title for you article. Even this technique does
not guarantee traffic to your website or article.The older website will always
out perform the new ones in generic traffic, followers, and income. However, there
is hope for mew article because they eventually become older and gain better
listing.

Other Ways of Improving your Page Ranking

There are other ways to
improve your articles page ranking and stand a chance of generating more
traffic. You can integrate an analytical account, signup and run a webmaster
tool such as Bing webmaster tool or Google webmaster account.The webmaster accounts
analysis your site and provides important suggestions on how to improve them.
They also use web crawlers to view contents and categorize you content thereby
listing your articles on their search engines quicker.Your search engine
optimization technique could involve a good title, introduction, lots of
attributed images, subheadings and some keywords within the text. Other methods used by
webmasters are forum contributing with a link in your signature, guest blogging
including URL. Submissions to top search engines and directories.Some writers sign up with
multiple sites and create backlinks to their main articles and sites.Virtual Administrative Assistant Business

Writing Articles

General Content versus Niches

Everywhere you look as new or
experience writers they say quality content is the best way to start your
writing business. I agree that quality content is very important but
concentrating on a niche even better.I have a few niche blogs but
like most writers, usually spread each niche between blogs and article
directories for better Google page ranking. One of my general topic sub domain
website generates lots of traffic but not as much as those old article websites.I have a few first page
articles not because of any SEO technique but could be attributed to the topic
or subject matter

Business Model, Platforms, Posts

business
model

written
content

platforms

advertisement networks

niche content

blogs

affiliate marketing

general content

websites

referrals

poetry

article directories

promote other peoples products

reviews

paid to write websites

How much Money can a New Writer Make Writing Articles?

How Much can you make Writing Articles?Not very much and that is the
gospel truth, you need to write hundreds of high quality, SEO articles to make
between $50 -$100. The writing platform you chose is also very important or you
might just waste your time and earn virtually pennies.Older websites established
between 2004 until 2012 with lots of content used to generate over 100,000 to
1,000,000 visitors monthly. Therefore, the revenue they made for such huge
traffic on advert networks like Adsense was upwards of $1000 monthly.What favored such websites
were fewer articles and competitors and today they face stiff competition and a
major loss in revenue.Making money today with your
content is difficult if you want to earn a decent wage through your writing. A
strategy might be to diversify your portfolio and contribute content to several
writing platforms.

Writing Content for Websites

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Writing on Many Websites

If you decide to contribute
articles, to several websites you might very quickly burn-up and still make
only peanuts. The only way such contributions can make you a hundred dollars
combined is to have between 150 - 250 articles each in three top article
directories.Let’s assume you have managed
to write that many articles, yet there is no guarantee of earning a steady sum.
Traffic and many factors outside your control is something online writers have
to deal with.How to Start a Social Media Marketing Company

Write an eBook

With eBooks, you can make a
few dollars monthly depending on the number of people that buy the book, price,
and general interest. The advantage of writing an eBook is once the work is
published it can earn you a steady income for years.The disadvantage of
self-publishing is promotion, without promoting your book you are bound to
fail.

How Webmasters Make Money

Webmasters make money with
their content or articles via advertisement networks such as Google Adsense,
Chitika and many others. You signup with them, go through an approval or
rejection stage then you place advertisements by them on your blog or website.Making money through
advertisement networks depends on either impressions or clicks. So getting
targeted traffic is very important especially when using an affiliate program
to sell goods and services.

Blogs, Websites, Sub domains

Writers face a tough choice
which platform to use to get your voice heard. You can start your own
blog/website and add valuable content. However, it takes about a year and a
half for your blog to have any relevance in today’s reality.Another option is to spread
your writing between 2 -3 top article directories and write lots of content. If
you are consistent, eventually your articles would gain prominence and you make
some money.

Conclusion

It takes quality articles,
SEO, and proper time management to become a successful writer.. You might
choose to write assignment and be paid immediately for your work, reach a
payment threshold about $50 and cash out.Writing articles online is
not for the faint heart but with time you might earn some cash for all that
toil and sweat.